1905 Respectability Fra Elbertus Elbert Hubbard New York Roycroft Imprint

Elbert Hubbard

Published by Roycrofters, 1905

About this Item

Respectability. Its Rise and Remedy. By Fra Elbertus. (Elbert Hubbard). Author of Chicago Tongue and Get Out or Get In Line. East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1905. 122 p, 8 x 6", 8vo. McKenna #124: Body copy set in Bookman. Regular edition printed in two colors, browning black, on Ruisdael and bound in suede. Yapp edges. McKenna, P. (1996). A History & Bibliography of the Roycroft Printing Shop. Tona Graphics. In fair condition. Suede leather covers chipped at fore and top-edges. Head and tail of spines lacking, binding exposed. Gilt lettering on leather title label on front cover bright and clean. Moire paste-downs clean. Front and rear gutters split. Text-block very light toned at edges of leaves. Some light instance of age-staining or finger-soiling. Binding intact, hinges worn. Please see photos. Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) was the founder of Roycroft, an Arts and Crafts community in East Aurora, New York, 1885. The organization called itself either The Roycrofters or The Roycroft Shops, and they printed, not only magazines, but also handsome, sometimes eccentric, books printed on handmade paper and bound finely. The group also operated a furniture shop, and a shop dedicated to producing modeled leather and hammered copper goods. The Roycroft Shops became a site for meetings and conventions of radicals, freethinkers, reformers, and suffragists. Hubbard, himself, became a popular lecturer at these meetings, and championed for socialist governments and free thinking. RAREA1905ABCB - 07/24 - HK1861 RAREA1905ABCA - 08/25 - HKREV1194.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 1905 Respectability Fra Elbertus Elbert Hubbard New York Roycroft Imprint
• Publisher: Roycrofters
• Publication Date: 1905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
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